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Oaxaca Tales: Printmaking Collectives & Museums

  • Post author:Astrid Bennett
  • Post published:November 26, 2016
  • Post category:Oaxaca/printmaking/travel

One of the unexpected surprises of the International Shibori Symposium in Oaxaca was the exciting proliferation of small printmaking collectives. Most of them are focused on large scale wood- and lino-…

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35 years of textile samples, part 5: weaving, intaglio & miscellaneous

  • Post author:Astrid Bennett
  • Post published:July 8, 2012
  • Post category:dyeing/mixed media art/printmaking/resist dyeing/screenprinting/sewing/textile samples/weaving

And how about all of those other areas of experimentation? I was once a weaver and a spinner, and I first learned to print and dye textiles because  as a…

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35 years of textile samples, part 1: early screen prints

  • Post author:Astrid Bennett
  • Post published:July 4, 2012
  • Post category:dyeing/printmaking/screenprinting/surface design/textile classes

The day began with a search for a larger container to store fabric teaching samples. It ended with a journey through 35 years of creating fabrics.  I had already edited…

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mark-making

  • Post author:Astrid Bennett
  • Post published:February 9, 2010
  • Post category:printmaking/surface design

In the new year, I've come to think a lot about mark-making. I define that as the kind of gesture left behind after a stroke of painting or drawing. Marvin…

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Exhibit Day at the Surface Design Conference

  • Post author:Astrid Bennett
  • Post published:June 1, 2009
  • Post category:African art/embroidery/printmaking/surface design

Exhibitions at the BelgerA wonderful warehouse space in itself, complete with old fashioned freight elevator and loading dock for trucks. Here's a list of all the shows I attended.Stitches in…

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